Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1840, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 1926 Page: 4 of 4
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ttgfrky Faya Tribute
to tbs Written Word
•When I taka into my hands a
M# book, a thing made in the
printing shop by the labor of a little
hero, the typesetter, end by the ma-
chine, created by another little hero,
1 feel that into mv life enters some-
thing living, speaking, wonderful.
Herb is another holy writ by man
about man, about a being beyond
which the world has nothing finer,
more puazling, and more worthy of
my love, a being whose toil and
genius have made all. that is great
and beautiful on earth," writs#
Maxim Gorky in his preface to a
work on "European Literature,*
which le being published in l’arjs
and transiatod by Alexander Kaun.
"The book takes me into life, end
however familiar it be to me, the
book alwaye tells me something I
have not known, I have not ob-
served in man. At times the whole
book contains only one new phare,
but it is this that brings one mys-
teriously close to man, showing an*
other smile or grimace of his. . . .
nooks bring me in friendly and
magnanimous contact with him, in*
spire me with respect for them, and
even deepen my interest in man,
master of tha earth."
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MIGHT BE ON HIS WAY
Mountain Took Trip
Million Yean Ago
Dr. Bruee Clark, geologist of the •
University of California, recently
told the American Association for
tha Advauremvnt of Science of the
migration of a mountain—Mount
j Diablo, Cal, which is a pile of
' ancient rock resting on a heap of
geologically modem rock and is sep-
arated by fully twenty miles from
the formation to which it belongs,
says the New York Time*.
I The wanderings of Mount Diablo
; were traced, according to Doctor
Clark, by the geologists of the Uni-
versity of California, who found a
j trail of small rock masses belong-
ing to Ihe same ancient type of rock
which did not exist under the moun-
tain or in the area immediately sur-
rounding it
j Evidence was accumulated to
■how that it had moved twenty
; nulls west ahmit 1,000,000 years
ago. A part of the earth’s crust, wna
apparently forced up and thrust like
a glaritr over the surface of the
land, slowly forcing itself a distance
of something like twenty miles.
Mount Diablo apparently rode at the
head of the advancing column of
aged mountains. When they came to
a stop, erosion gradually washed
awav the rest of the intruding mass
alui iult Diablo alone.
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8ho—Wouldn’t a nlco little stroll
please you about now?
fie (eagerly)—It would indeodl
t\he—Wall, what’a bolding you
hade?
ON THE WAY HOME
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Tha Owl—To-wlut, to-whol To-
whit, to-who I I
Tlie Happy One—Shocking I
Dontchar know, owl, you’re living— j
hie—near Hosting? To-whom, you
un-grani-mat-liicl-cal bird, to-
whom 1
Very Modern
Miss Alice Evans of the United
Plates hygienic laboratory, who has
tiwnMwd the farm of sleeping
sickness, was recently the guest of
honor at a luncheon in a Washing-
ton hotel.
After luncheon, taking coffee
with her friends in tlie hotel lounge,
Misa Evans studied with intercat a
group of aristocratic youpg girls at
flia other end of the room. These
young girls sat in nonchalant atti-
tudes smoking cigarettes, and their
crossed knees were haro. Misa
Evans nodded toward Uieir liaro
crossed knees.
The al\ins of society," aha said.
Weary
•Funny, Isn’t it, thq number of
beat around this time of the year?"
•aid a town sportsman. "I can’t are
them, but another one just went
bailing past my ear." I
“Bees—the dickens!" returned
flap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge.
“Them’s bullets fired by a mesa of
hunters from up at Kay See. If
they don't let up pretty dern’ soon
111 just rip loose with a load of
buckshot from my old scatter gun.
I'm getting sorter tired of their
fooliahneM.*~-KnitMi* City Star.
Little Sister's Share
Pat, the aix-year-old son of a
Kansas City man, was ill. So dad j
brought home jelly leans for eotn*
pensation.
It was agreed that Betty Jane,
three years old, was to have a well
atrter’a abate. The children were
left alone to enjoy their sweet*
Platently Betty Jane's cry aro«.
Sobbing, she walled:
"Pats eaten all of themf*
•But, alater," cams Pat*a pacify-
ing voice, "t waa going to let you
pop the seek I"—Kanaaa City Star.
Impeooemont em Organ
Prof. Max Meyer of the Univer-
sity of Missouri haa invented an
organ with which it is possible to
play music written upon a scale of
94 tones instead of tha usual It.
Tim tip of each key it detaehed on
the instrument and when depressed
produces a tone halfway between
that of the kej of which it seema a
part and 11m uext lower oml
Grouped Vegetables
Thors were once three species of
pumpkins and squashes; now thers
are by actual count exactly 07
named varieties recognixed by horti-
culturists. To untangle the botani-
cal riddle presented by this situa-
tion waa the task that Dr. E. F. Cae-
tetter of Iowa Stats college set for
himself. lie has arranged the 67
varieties in three groups, each un-
der tlie head of the original species
from which it sprung. Thus Cu-
curbits pepo is recognised as the an-
cestor of all pumpkins, scallops,
vegetable marrows and erookneck
squashes. Cucurbits maxima gave
rise to the Hubbard squashes, or-
ange marrows, turbans and a num-
ber of fancy varieties. Cucurbits
moM-hata is the original stock of the
cushaws and large cheese varieties,
with tome others.
Bagpipe “Comes Bach"
The bagpipe, which waa threat*
•ned for a while last spring when
an American jazx operetta intro-
duced the aerophone to Scotland,
has come back ii\to its own. The
bagpipe waa recently introduced in
a jarr band in Glasgow and in this
new role haa been going strong ever
since. Only large inon are engaged
aa jasx bagpipe players, because of
the neceasity of having individuals .
with an enormous lung expansion
who ars capable of keeping pace '
v it h the saxophone and double-quick i
time. I
Cricket tar Franca
French soldiers soon may Woo- |
aom out with blaxeri, ties and searfa
of various hues and brilliancy.
Plans are being made to teach them
to play cricket, and to organixa
cricket teams in all barracks. Eng-
lish comment on the proposal In-
dicates that the mercuric tempera- i
roent of tha Frenchman may make
him unwilling to wait three or four
days on the sidelines for the out- ;
come of the game.
Diemetroue Raesdt of
Odd ShUt of Natare
What may happen when nature
slips a cog ia being demonstrated
on the western coast of South Amer-
ica, according to Capper’s Weekly.
Two ocean currents meet there, one
the cold Humboldt current from the
Antarctic regions, the other tie El
Nino, from the hot equatorial tone.
For ages the cold current ha* kept
this coast almost barren, with bird
and animal life adapted to cold tem-
peratures. But last year, some un-
known force of nature made a shift
in these currents, bringing the hot
El Nino next to the coast and much
farther south than aver known be-
fore.
The first result waa an almost
complete reversal of climatic con-
ditions. Warm winds from the
equator brought torrential rains,
and disastrous floods followed In
Peru, Ecuador and northern Chile.
Plains and hillside*, always known
to be arid, are covered with lux-
uriant vegetation and what little
lira stock ia kept there has grown
fat. But many othor forma of ani-
mal and marina life have been de-
stroyed bacaute they conld not en-
dure the wanner temperature.
Wiralasa May Selva
Lighting of Vatican
An America!) wireless engineer
named Bernavc Johnson, just now
in London, where he has been giv-
ing interviews to the English
Catholic paper, the Universe, has
been interviewing Pope Plus XI
with a view to installing wireless
electric lights in the Vatican. Ac-
cording to Mr. Johnson:
"The marble walls and the price-
less paintings and tapestries hung
about them make it very difficult
to illuminate some parts of tha
Vatican artificially.
"Electric wires cannot be fixed
permanently, neither can there be
tlie large clusters of lamps such aa
might bo desired. Lamps lighted by
wireless would overcome aom* of
these difficulties, because the Vati-
can has its own central power sta-
tion.
"The Pope went deeply into the
possibilities of auch a scheme, and
instructed me to let him have a
practical installation of 200 portable
lamps, which can be arranged in a
number of rooms.”
Hand-Painted Shoes
Hand-painted shoes, as well as
hand-painted hata, are decreed for
fashionable VarUiennes during tha
coming season. Quite a number of
women wore them recently at a se-
lect gathering. Some of the “up-
pers” were adorned with medallions
of smiling cavaliers, some with land-
scapes, some with bouquet* and
some with representations of single
flowers. Other dainty shoes glittered
with jewels from toe to heel. Others
were of cloth of gold or silver. There
were also Cinderella shoes and er-
mine shoes and shoes of crocodile
and lixard skin. And there were
even Russian boots, but those ware
hopelessly outnnniliered.
—
Goose Supplants Turkey
The goose is tskiog the turkey's
place as America's festal bird, says
Capper’s Weekly. Our turkey out-
put dropped from 6,900,000 in 1900,
to 8,500,000 in 193S, government
statisticians tall us. . . . The
goose is usurping the turkey's place,
being leu difficult to raise. "Black-
head," a disease peculiar to turkeys,
may slay a whole flock in a night
The turkey, being a wild bird,
doesu't take kindly to modern civili-
sation. That and high distribution
costa make the price high.
Lett Him Lifetime Jab
"To my son I leave the pleasure j
of earning a living,” reads the will
of Pietro Bommaruga, wealthy
Dalian, whose entire fortune gou to
charity. The young man may not
appreciate the wisdom of such a
legacy now, but if he profits by It
may live to admit that the old man
left him something better than
riches. The greatest handicap a
young man can have ia a great for-
tune—Capper’s Weekly.
WUsfa Brilliant Idea
Somehow Didn’t Work
John lx Lewis, tha miner**
loader, said ia aa iatarviaw in At-
lantic City:
“I’ll tell you a atory. A young '
wife said to her husband:
“ ‘George, everything ha* gone up j
but your wages. Rout, clothes, food,
everything. And our two babies are
getting bigger and costlier every
day.’
" ‘I know It,’ moaned George,
'but what can I do, with my miser-
able eighteen per?*
" ‘Tackle your boas, George,’
said his wife. Tell him a dollar is
only worth 80 cents today. Maybe
he’ll raise you, then, from eighteen
to lliirtv-slx.’
“ ’I will,’ said George, ‘III tackle
him.’
“So he tackled his boas that morn-
ing.
“ Toss,’ he said, ’■ dollar Is only
worth 60 cent* today.’
“ *Yo*. George, that’s true,’ mid
the boot. ‘I’ll bear it in mind. What
pay are you drawing, Oeorgo?*
• ‘Eighteen bucks a week.’
" 'Wall, I’ll bear it in mind. Now
get on with your work.*
"George got on with his work
cheerfully, lie knew a groat change
waa coming. And sure enough, when
pay day came around, tlie cashier
hauded him out—nine dollars."
BIG IN THE OFFING
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O.S.T.
AUTO REPAIRING
GtMnl Blacksmith.
I>. BAFE, Prop.
I*liana )8t.
Cincinnati Deg Baeee
In Cincinnati they now hare an
•tertric-tighted race track tor dogs.
This new sport has taken the city by
storm and nightly greyhound* and
whippets race around the quarter-
mil# track by the light of Ml elec-
tric lights, hot on the trail of a
stuffed rabbit which, mounted upon
a wl e«|, moves electrically around
the { wrk in the van of the racing
hounJe.
Thawing Hard*
In spits of all precaution# plants
sometimes freeze accidentally. The
following first aid tip haa saved sev-
eral. Sprinkle the plant liberally
with cold water. Then, after half
an hour, let warm air enter the
room gradually, but under no con-
ditions should the plant be brought
into a heated room. The whole
process of revival should ba spread
over a period of one to two boun.
“Why didn't you take advantage
of auch a big opportunity ?”
“Well, it didn’t look as big when
it was coming aa it did whoiv It waa
going away."
Courteous Motorman
A motorman operating a Belt
Line car attracted the attention of
the Mon About Town the other day,
through a little act of courtesy
which should not go unmeutioned in
these columns.
A rathor aged lady, somewhat
feeble, got on his car which waa
crowded at the time. The motorman,
after closing his door, made way
for the lady through the aisle of the
car and succeeded in obtaining a
seat for her. The smile she gave in
return for his thoughtfulness went
a long way in compensating him
for his deed. She was indeed very
thankful and will have much to say
in tlie future concerning the
thoughtfulness and courtesy of
street car men.—Lawrence Tela-
gram.
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Shocked Iowa Man
William Prendergast, a visitor
from Ottumwa, Iowa, ate dinner in
a Ins Angeles restaurant near
Spring and Fifth streets a few days
ago, says the Los Angelas Times. .
When he had finished he discovered
his umbrella waa missing.
On tha way out ha bumped Into a
man carrying the umbrella. The
stranger banded him the article, ety-
ing:
"I took it by mistake and did not
know I had it until I had reached
my home in Belvedere. I hurried
back by taxi, fearing you might hare
left”
Prendergast fainted!
Radio Wiring Precadant
At Yonkers, N. Y., Edward Sa-
mara was accused of trespassing on
his neighbor’s property by stringing
a radio wire through the air above
the complainant's house, although
the wire did not in any way oome in
contact with the premises. The
judge ruled that Samara must take
down the wire unless the complain-
ant agreed to permit him to keep it
«P-
•Racehorse, Ltd.”
Manna, winner of the 10,000
guineas and the English derby, haa
been converted into a limited lia-
bility company. After the 8k Leger
race Manna was retired to the stnd
by bit owner, II. E. Moriaa, then
sold to the Banatead Manor stud,
a newly organtxad concern. At pres-
ent Manna ti the only home la the
•tabiaa.
Natal With Fifty-Sin
Staring tar Nam York
That New York haa not reached
its limit of going up in tha air to
lira and work la demonstrated by
tha proposal to erect a hotel M
stories high on the site of the Van-
derbilt home, Fifth avenue between
Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth
streets. The atructure will rise CIO j
feet above the street. In tha Old
world the Eiffel tower alone II
higher, and the Great pyramid of
Egypt is only four-fifths tlie height.
Judged by the plans, the new
structure will ba the wonder hotel
of the world. It will tower above
buildings in that section whose
height ha# excited our admiration
and astonished our visitors.
Rising from a limestone base, in
tha form of a tower, the Italian
Renaissance shaft of brick promises
to be a splendid example of what
haa become the distinctive architec-
ture of America—Old world forms
carried to height* nover before be-
lieved possible. Besides their utility,
these lofty buildings sarrt as monu-
ments to tLs spirit and daring of
their projectors. And there will be
other such hotels. Tlie daily study
and contvmplation of this edifioa
when it is completed are sure to
lead ambitious architectural stu-
dents to lay plans for going still
higher.—New York Evening Posk
Guardsman Famed for
His Military Bearing
Ulric Oliver Thynne, D. S. 0., is
thin, but not short. Indeed he is the
tallest guardsman, and when I sew
him after the death of Queen Alex-
andra, where he was one of those on
guard in the Albert Motnorial
chapel, Windsor, it seemed to me
that he was ns fine a figure of a
soldier, in the brilliant and impres-
sive uniform of his historic regi-
ment, as I had ever gazed upon.
Ilis military bearing is a proverb
among other officers, and for it he
has become famous in the army, that
is, it has augmented the fame which
the sheer gallantry of his military '
service automatically baa won for •
him.
He is not a youngster, naturally,
for hs saw service in the Chitral
campaign in South Africa in 1895,
but there are few thirty-year-olds
among tlie fighting men of Britain
who hare his vigor and his carriage.
— I .on don Correspondence, in
Springfield Union.
His Observation
•I have noticed, and quite likely
other people have observed it, too,"
said Fcstus Tester, when a weari-
some visitor had finally sifted away,
“that it is characteristic of many
men not to come to themselves un-
til they have gone to everybody else
and worn them out. We all have
our troubles but we are not all movie
actresses, and those of us who are
not have no right to inflict our
woes on other people. If we hold
our peace we will hold the esteem
of other men, but if aw persist in
telling our troubles we will soon
have no friends left while our trou- '
blee will be neither lessened nor
lightened by tailing."—Kansas City
Star.
Victim Proved Generous
A Lynn (Maas.) man serving a
sentence in the Salem jail for steal-
ing a light overcoat from Fred H.
Ford of Lynn, received a present of
a heavy overcoat from Ford, the
Boston Globe relates. Ford brought
the coat to the jail and said that he
felt sorry for the man, especially aa
he had heard that his term waa up
the day before Christmas and that
he would have no overcoat when ha
left jail. The fall coat stolen from
Ford waa recovered three day* after
tha theft
SgmirreU Did Mischief
Mr*. Burton E. Moore’s automo-
bile, having been crippled for aev-
eral day*, she left her machine at a
Winatad (Conn.) garage with in-
structions to locate the cause of the
trouble. The mechanic found the j
difficulty in the intake manifold, be- j
tween the carburetor and the engine, .
where were the shcllt of a dozen
acorns which squirrels had aban-
doned after eating tha nuts.
Teaches Pronunciation
By means of a “kymograph," j
foreign students are taught the cor-1
rect pronunciation of English at the j
Univeriity college in London. The ;
instrument reduces the spoken word !
to a wriggling line on a roll of
smoked paper, and the student who
speaks into the mouthpiece can see
hia mistakes.
fl/K'VE Had state commission* ajv
’’ pointed anil surveys made on
everything under (lie sun. Many of
of tlit'iu are of small value. Occa-
sionally a state rommlxalon shows
some Intelligent * and docs something
of tinporiuuce.
Su< h a slate commission Is the one
appointed In New Turk on ventilation.
An old subject, which man has been
struggling with ever since he begun
to live In cavus and tried to keep la
the lira! from hia lire ami kr uni
the cold from otualde. Mow are wa
cuing lo keep our houres warm and
yet have air lit to hrealhet
The New York slate commission ex
smlnod and tested all Ihe imichtnro
and ventilating systems on the mar-
ket and practically turned them all
down. It derided thut the heat wa)
lo get fre«h air Into a room was to
open a window. Hut ihat Isn't all. If
It was. It would he a simple problem.
In iiiovt houses, where uur windows
are built so that we ran look out
rather than no that fr»*h air can gel
In nod foul air gel nut. opening the
window alone Is not enough.
Deflecting hoard:! should he placvat
al Ihe bottom of the window, so a*
to deflect the current of cold air up
ward. Cold air la heavier than warm
air. Kvery schoolboy knows that. No
matter what kind of boating la uyrd.
ihe warm nlr rises to the celling and
furrea down the cold air lo the floor
If we open the windows at the lop the
warm air rushes out at the window,
the cold air comes In under the ihuirs
Thu room may he well vestlluted, hut
(here Is a constant curreui of cold
air on the flour and the room Is un
comfortable.
A glass deflector one foot high and
tiled at an angle I* fairly good, hut
a curved deflector of glass or wood I*
better. Placed with the ronvex curve
down, thl* will throw the cold air up
to the celling, forcing down the wnriu
nlr and so establishing a current of
warm air Instead of u cold draft.
ltadlators. If itosalble. should b* lo-
cated under or neur the window*, a
thermometer should he kept In every
room and the temperature main-
tained al 03 degrees F. This point
should be plainly marked so that It
cun l»e told at a glance wliether the
room la loo hot or too cold.
<£. IIS4. Wmm* N»w.»*p<r Ualoa.)
KEEPING WELL
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KEEPING WELL
FRESH AIR WITHOUT
BOTULISM POISONING
DRAFTS
IN OREGON
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Ull. MIKUHUIl'K M. CUBKV
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vpilU United Statea public hreiih.
A service report* another ombres ct
botulism, this time In Oregon. At -
queully hnpitens. Ilia cause lu Ms
case was airing beans, hoaia cann-3
by Ihe cold puck method.
On February 3. IBS4, 12 member* of
three families ale ihelr noon me*)
getlier. There were six adults and s
children, Ihe ages running fr
eighteen mouths to sixty year*, fbw
meal consisted of cooked free*, hum,
boiled potatoes. a autad of he.rir-
cwnned string l>enns. bread, butter n *d
coffee. Tlie henn* were honie-grc- n
a* well ns home canned and hud :■ -ti
put up several years prerlonn In m
ordinary screw-lopped can. They
apparently safe, as far a* could he '"'l
by mlor. last* and appearance.
All present alo some of ihe Ner.' a,
tlie two eighteen months-old rb'’ 'R
being glvuo a few leuapoonfuts of \ie
liquid. The earliest Illness occur'ed
In two children, aged alx and nine la
10 hours. The longest Interval «-se In
a child of three, who did not al >•#
any symptoms until after 44 hiei-a.
All of the II person* brrarpe HI. y-Mh
vomiting, rapid pulae. subnormal tint-
(M-rulure. difficulty »f respiration, ttpd
■wallowing. uneonscloiwinetse i id
death.
The time of death after eating h#
poisoned final varied from IT henry la
eight ay*. Kvery one of tlie 12 j-tp
anna died.
The germ which Is reaponRl' Ie roe
this disease, the barilla* hotulln'ii*. la
very commonly found In onllnury yap-
den dirt. When vegetnldes ere pm up
by the cold |>ark method, the amount
of heat used Is aot enough to kilt fb> aa
genu*. They growr In the cans and 'he
velop the poison. which I* aim'-at al-
ways fatal If taken In any quantity
Thorough cooking kill# the .-erns
and destroy* the poison. Any cj.nr.o4
food which allow# any signs o> spoil-
ing In mlor. rotor, taste or appearervea
should be thrown away. Any w.r.ed
foods, especially those put up by -ha
cold pork method, should tie tin - fh-
ly rooked before serving.
Don't tnke any chances. An.' dis-
ease which kills IhO per cent of *! oew
who get It Is cot to be trifled with.
[Xk 111!, WHtti u Nai rp.po CK'- O.il
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iEARER
»uJ. Allan Dunn
AUTHOR*/
"A HAN TO HIS MATE*
-RIMROCK TRAIL
V-W CO^VMOMTAyr
lV DOOD, MKAOamo COMPANY
E. C. GARVIN,
RANCH LOANS
Live Stock & Real Estate
SONORA. TEXAS.
UNDERTAKING
Robert Muaie Co*
Day and Night
Phone 143
San Angelo, Texas.
GATEWAY HOTEL
AND
Talimadge Coffct Shoppe
Open all Night.
Mrs. A. B. Talimadge,
Dsl Rio. Texas.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
is often msM to aa teOnaiW eendlOoa
•f the savenne owing of the ■netmehtnn
Tuts. When tain into la mtoased fen
have a rvniMing aanai or Imperfect
bearing. Unlene the tnPaauaatten esn
to rednesd. year hearing nsy to de-
stroyed fWre re*.
ItAU.S CATARRH IfKDICINh) will
do «rh»t we claim for I' — rid your .ystera
! cf Catarrh nr Drufmee onuecl by
I Cstiirrh. HAI.t/fl CATARRH MTAHCINK
j lute to*
Catarrh
I Mold b;
/f'S UNUSUAL STORY which deals
C/l largely with the adventure* of a
young New Englander, an engineer,
engaged in water development in the
West. He comes into contact with
various exciting phase* of the life of
the country and eventually has an op-
portunity to show the stuff that is in
him when he is put up against the
difficulties and problems of a gigantic
enterprise involving the water supply j
of a large city. A stirring narrative by
one who knows his West and has writ-
ten some of its most fascinating tales. .
! Do Not Fail to Read This New Novel Startie
IN THE NEWS NEXT WEE'1,
baa toon tueevssmi l>. ih. treatmoat of
rrli for ovor Forty T«an>.
by ad drural"!*
t\ J. Cheney A Cb., Toledo, Ok i
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Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1840, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 1926, newspaper, March 27, 1926; Sonora, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth979390/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .